Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1916 — Proposed Automobile Merger is Abandoned. [ARTICLE]

Proposed Automobile Merger is Abandoned.

New York, June 13.—The proposed $300,000,000 consolidation of automobile concerns has been abandoned for the present, at least, John N. Willys, president of the Willys-Overland company announced tonight. Mr. Willys declared that complications had arisen which frustrated the plans for the combination of various companies, but declined to make public any details. The .Willys-Overland company, Hudson and Chalmers Motor Car companies, and the Auto-Lite company, therefore, will continue to operate independently, he said.